biodynamic wine

  1. Weingut Carl Loewen: Where Old Vines Tell New Stories

    Weingut Carl Loewen: Where Old Vines Tell New Stories

    Christopher Loewen stopped by Grape Collective to share his thoughts on working with old vineyards, the challenges of low-intervention winemaking, and the lessons learned from generations before him. 

  2. Inside Parés Baltà’s Organic Vineyards With Winemaker Marta Casas

    Inside Parés Baltà’s Organic Vineyards With Winemaker Marta Casas

    Parés Baltà is a family-owned winery located in the Penedès region of Catalonia, Spain, with a winemaking history dating back to 1790. The winery is currently managed by the third generation of the Cusiné family, specifically Joan and Josep Cusiné, along with their wives, Elena Jiménez and Marta Casas, who serve as the lead winemakers.

  3. The Languedoc’s Renaissance Man: An Interview with Gérard Bertrand, Biodynamic Producer

    The Languedoc’s Renaissance Man: An Interview with Gérard Bertrand, Biodynamic Producer

    Gérard Bertrand’s 17 pristine, biodynamic vineyard estates are decades in the making, but it is his sense of purpose, commitment to the environment and his family’s long history in the Languedoc that speak volumes about what his vision and ambition truly entail.

  4. Robert Eden of Château Maris: Restoring Virtuous Circles Within The Soil

    Robert Eden of Château Maris: Restoring Virtuous Circles Within The Soil

    Grape Collective discusses organic and biodynamic viticulture with Robert Eden at Château Maris.

  5. Jeff Beckmen of Beckmen Vineyards on Santa Ynez and Biodynamics

    Jeff Beckmen of Beckmen Vineyards on Santa Ynez and Biodynamics

    Grape Collective talks to Jeff Beckmen about the history of the estate, the grapes he cultivates, and biodynamic farming in the Santa Ynez Valley. 

  6. Exploring Portugal: Filipa Pato's Soulful Wines

    Exploring Portugal: Filipa Pato's Soulful Wines

    Filipa and her husband, William Wouters, shared with us their passionate dedication to making pure, unadulterated wines in Portugal's Bairrada region.

  7. Kuentz-Bas and the Elegance of Alsatian Wine

    Kuentz-Bas and the Elegance of Alsatian Wine

    "Alsatian wine is very interesting because we have a lot of different grapes and different styles. Sometimes it's a problem, because it's really complex for a client to understand the different grapes, different styles, different residual sugar levels." -Samuel Tottoli
  8. What About the Workers? Why Wine Certifications Don’t Go Far Enough

    What About the Workers? Why Wine Certifications Don’t Go Far Enough

    Certification protects the consumer from dubious marketing claims (clean wine), as well as importers who are reliant on the honesty of their producers but does it go far enough? The next task must be a social contract between winery owners and their staff and communities for fair working conditions.
  9. Living Soils, Living Vessels, Living Wines: The Bottled Philosophy of Weingut Heinrich

    Living Soils, Living Vessels, Living Wines: The Bottled Philosophy of Weingut Heinrich

    Gernot and Heike Heinrich have fully embraced biodynamics, amphora, and skin ferments as ways of expressing "sense of place" in their corner of Burgenland, Austria.
  10. Understanding Biodynamic Wine: The Monty Waldin Interview

    Understanding Biodynamic Wine: The Monty Waldin Interview

    "Well, the three pillars of biodynamics, the main thing is you're trying to make every single vineyard of farm a self-sustaining living organism, and what that means is you're trying to minimize inputs." Monty Waldin
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